Wedding Centerpieces Blog

so, here’s my dilemna. i have bought about 75 candles, and i was planning on putting them in mason jars and dispersing them over out 14 8ft. tables. the wedding is in july on a farm, so we’re doing the whole country theme. our colors are ivory, gold, chocolate, and shades of red. so i got these red candles, and then i discover they are slightly too large to fit in the mason jars! we’re going for an ourdoorsy theme, so we need some new cheap (cheap!) ideas to replace the mason jar and candle idea! preferably something we can do in red, since half of the tableclothes are chocolate and the other half are brown gingham. we thought maybe something with apples…but what? or even an idea to replace the mason jars, because if we don’t put the candles in something they’ll blow out since it’s outside. help!
my grandmother (the wedding’s at her house) suggested cutting down the red candles to fit with a potato peeler or melting down the sides. will this look ridiculous?

i heard of someone putting seedling pine trees as center pieces and then the ones that won them off the table took them and planted the trees. it was a neat idea. of course we live in michigan. depending on where you live, you could do something that could grow outside afterward. i am not sure what plants you could use. i liked the pine tree idea.